Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.
Acting
Mohanlal's magnetic screen presence carries every frame.
Direction
Shaji Kailas crafts iconic mass moments.
Stunts
Kalari-based fight choreography stands out.
Director
Shaji Kailas
Mohanlal
Poovalli Induchoodan
Thilakan
Maranchery Karunakara Menon
N F Varghese
Manappally Pavithran
Jagathy Sreekumar
Poovalli Chandrabhanu
Kanaka
Indulekha
Mammootty
Adv. Nandagopal Marar
Kalabhavan Mani
Bharathan
Maniyanpilla Raju
C.I Habeeb
Spadikam George
Kalletti Vasudevan
Saikumar
SP Manappally Sudheeran
Aishwarya Bhaskar
Anuradha
Narendra Prasad
Kaaloor Mooppil Nair
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair
Manappally Madhavan Nambiar
Bharathi Rao
Sharada
V K Sreeraman
Venu Master
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film cemented the 'Mohanlal mass hero' template that dominated Malayalam cinema for the next decade.
The 'Narasimham' title and Induchoodan's lion imagery deliberately invoke Vishnu's man-lion avatar, framing his violence as divine retribution.
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